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J L KERR JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 25, 1947 – April 22, 1967
Service recordJ L Kerr JR, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 22, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 70
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 5 MAR
- Born
- February 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 70
- DUTLEY JAMESPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- EWELL LEE JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- PHILLIP ALEXANDER MOOREPrivate · April 22, 1967
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.